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LOUIS RAYMOND, 'OF ROCKLAND, DELAWARE.

Letters Patent No. 70,469, dated November 5, 1867.

GAME-TABLE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, LOUIS RAYMOND, of Rockland, in the county of New Castle, and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Amusement or Game-Table; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of vthis specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a top plan of the game-table, and

Figure 2 represents a vertical central section through the same.

Similar letters of reference,.where they occur in` the separate igures, denote like parts in both of the drawings.

I am aware that an amusement or game-table with a vertical column, having a. spiral way for a ball to run in, vand recesses in the table to catch and retain the ball, and with figures in the recesses taconnt the game by,

has been made and used. To such a game-table I'lay no claim.

My invention consists in a circular, horizontal, closed way, with an abutment or deilecting surface at' the end of the way to turn the ball on tothe tablc,'in combination with themarked or figured recesses for comp utiug the game or result.

To enable othersV skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe thc same with reference to the drawings. i

A represents a circular platform or table, furnished withja series of hemispherical depressions, a a a, marked with figures or charactersthat will designate a result when indicated by a ball rolling and stopping therein. Around the margin of this platform 'or table there is V:t covered way, B, that encircles the whole perimeter, with the exception of the space C, at the point of which the ball c is' ejected into the circular way, and, coming out at d, strikes against an abutment or deecting surface, -D, which turns the ball on to the table, where it will nd a recess to drop into and rest, and the number or character in said recess designates the result, and the sum of the results the game.

The ball may be'thrown into the covered way by the finger or hand with suicient force.to carry it clear around and out at the other end, and with suicient force or velocity to cause it to strike the deiieeter D and run out upon the table; or it may be started in by the expansion of spring oi'v metal or rubber arranged in front of the entrance, which spring may, after it is compressed, be released by a trigger from the outside of the rim. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I cla-im, in a game or amusement-table, is-s The combination of the circular recessed and figured platform, the horizontal, circular, covered, or enclosed Way, and the abutment or deiecting surface D, all arranged as and for thevpnrpose herein described and represented.

LOUIS RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

A. B. S'roUGHroN, J. B. ALEXANBER. 

